08-31-2015, 10:15 AM
Thank you everyone for the warm wishes.
Cookderosa.. i got very lucky I didn't have the widowmaker, which I believe is the left coronary artery.
Mine was the right artery which was 99%, but I have a long road in front because my left was also around 60% blocked. I go back on Thursday to find the course of action. Hopefully the blood thinners and stuff will free up some of it so I dont need another invasive procedure.
NAP.. Good question about completing the degree. Something as life changing as a heart attack certainly is making me re-evaluate everything in my life. Add on that I took a job with HP in the office of the CTO 6 months ago as a Distinguished Technologist (just one step below a fellow) with out any degree working among Masters and PhD daily. The company is willing to pay for going back to college by whatever means, so that I can on day promote into the fellow program.
And I think I have completed most of what I can do via testing and such, so my goal was to return back to a more traditional program, so I can get an ABET based engineering degree and get that promotion in a few years time. But now in my precision time each day, do I live and enjoy, or grind out some classes.. Just not sure yet.
Cookderosa.. i got very lucky I didn't have the widowmaker, which I believe is the left coronary artery.
Mine was the right artery which was 99%, but I have a long road in front because my left was also around 60% blocked. I go back on Thursday to find the course of action. Hopefully the blood thinners and stuff will free up some of it so I dont need another invasive procedure.
NAP.. Good question about completing the degree. Something as life changing as a heart attack certainly is making me re-evaluate everything in my life. Add on that I took a job with HP in the office of the CTO 6 months ago as a Distinguished Technologist (just one step below a fellow) with out any degree working among Masters and PhD daily. The company is willing to pay for going back to college by whatever means, so that I can on day promote into the fellow program.
And I think I have completed most of what I can do via testing and such, so my goal was to return back to a more traditional program, so I can get an ABET based engineering degree and get that promotion in a few years time. But now in my precision time each day, do I live and enjoy, or grind out some classes.. Just not sure yet.
DSST- General Anthropology - 52, Intro to Computer - 469, Technical Writing - 54, DSST Ethics in America - 59 (1996),
CLEP- Sociology -54, College Math - 550(1996), CLEP Principles of Management - 60 (1996)
Aleks Beg Alg,
CLEP- Sociology -54, College Math - 550(1996), CLEP Principles of Management - 60 (1996)
Aleks Beg Alg,
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